--- title: 'It is a cloth that was woven by the Little People of the forest,' s… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: 'It is a cloth that was woven by the Little People of the forest,' said the man; 'and when you are hungry it will give you food and drink, and if you meet a foe, he will not hurt you, but will stoop and kiss the back of your hand in token of submission. Who acts: cloth, Little People, man, you. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (cloth, Little People, man, you), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Parsed by Mova, not checked by a teacher.** This tree is Mova's own parse (the `en` model, on the CPU, when the site is built); it may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg3027:16:2 # text = 'It is a cloth that was woven by the Little People of the forest,' said the man; 'and when you are hungry it will give you food and drink, and if you meet a foe, he will not hurt you, but will stoop and kiss the back of your hand in token of submission. 1 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 cloth cloth NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 ccomp _ _ 6 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 8 nsubj:pass _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux:pass _ _ 8 woven weave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 acl:relcl _ _ 9 by by ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 Little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 People People PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 8 obl:agent _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 18 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ; ; PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 22 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 24 when when SCONJ WRB _ 27 mark _ _ 25 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 26 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 cop _ _ 27 hungry hungry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 advcl _ _ 28 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 29 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 conj _ _ 31 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 30 iobj _ _ 32 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 drink drink NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 37 if if SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 38 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 meet meet VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 46 advcl _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 foe foe NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 43 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 44 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 45 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 46 advmod _ _ 46 hurt hurt VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 conj _ _ 47 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 46 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 49 but but CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 50 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 51 aux _ _ 51 stoop stoop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 conj _ _ 52 and and CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 53 kiss kiss VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 51 conj _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obj _ _ 56 of of ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 57 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 58 nmod:poss _ _ 58 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 nmod _ _ 59 in in ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 60 token token NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obl _ _ 61 of of ADP IN _ 62 case _ _ 62 submission submission NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 63 . . PUNCT . _ 18 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | cloth | a cloth | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **weave** | past · passive | the Little People of the forest | a cloth | | | | | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Product | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the man | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is** | present | you | | | | | hungry *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **give** | future | cloth | food and drink | you | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient food=Theme | | 6 | **meet** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you | a foe | | | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent foe=Co-Agent | | 7 | **not** **hurt** | future | man | you | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Patient | | 8 | **stoop** | future | cloth *not said here* | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **kiss** | infinitive | cloth *not said here* | the back of your hand | | token of submission | | | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent back=Co-Agent | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. **Text:** «The Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3027 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order. - ← previous: [sentence 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/16/1/) - next →: [sentence 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/16/3/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/16/)